One of the other tautomeric representations: InChI=1S/C11H8N2O3S2/c14-5-1-2-6-8(3-5)18-10(12-6)9-13-7(4-17-9)11(15)16/h1-3,7,13H,4H2,(H,15,16)/b10-9+/t7-/m1/s1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Firefly luciferin (also known as beetle luciferin) is the luciferin, or light-emitting compound, used for the firefly (Lampyridae), railroad worm (Phengodidae), starworm (Rhagophthalmidae), and click-beetle (Pyrophorini) bioluminescent systems. It is the substrate of luciferase (EC 1.13.12.7), which is responsible for the characteristic yellow light emission from many firefly species.
As with all other luciferins, oxygen is required to elicit light; however, it has also been found adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and magnesium are required for light emission.[2][3]
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Fireflyluciferin (also known as beetle luciferin) is the luciferin, or light-emitting compound, used for the firefly (Lampyridae), railroad worm (Phengodidae)...
them have arisen independently in the course of evolution. Fireflyluciferin is the luciferin found in many Lampyridae species, such as P. pyralis. It is...
enzyme catalyses the oxidation of fireflyluciferin, requiring oxygen and ATP. Because of the requirement of ATP, firefly luciferases have been used extensively...
photoprotein. The name was first used by Raphaël Dubois who invented the words luciferin and luciferase, for the substrate and enzyme, respectively. Both words...
the species or group, e.g. fireflyluciferin. In all characterized cases, the enzyme catalyzes the oxidation of the luciferin. In some species, the luciferase...
light-emitting organs, usually on a female firefly's lower abdomen. The enzyme luciferase acts on luciferin, in the presence of magnesium ions, ATP, and...
Vargulin, also called Cypridinid luciferin, Cypridina luciferin, or Vargula luciferin, is the luciferin found in the ostracod Cypridina hilgendorfii, also...
different for each species, they are given the generic name of luciferin. Fireflyluciferin can be oxidized to produce an excited complex. Once it falls...
of its derivatives are found in commercial products or in nature. Fireflyluciferin can be considered a derivative of benzothiazole. Benzothiazoles consist...
1,2-aminothiol and a 2-cyanobenzothiazole to make luciferin, which is fluorescent. This luciferin fluorescence can be then quantified by spectrometry...
blue-coloured light by a specialized chemical reaction of the substrate luciferin and the enzyme luciferase. The luciferase enzyme consists of a 555-amino...
Photinus pyralis, better known by the common name, the common eastern firefly, and colloquially called a "lightning bug", is a species of flying beetle...
metastasized. Ensembl genome database of model organisms Fate mapping Fireflyluciferin Gene targeting Gene trapping Genetic recombination History of model...
reactant luciferin and the necessary enzyme luciferase are located in a crystalline structure within rod-like bodies in their photophores. Firefly squid...
Bioluminescence, Chemi-Luminescence and Enzyme Function in the Oxidation of FireflyLuciferin". Photochemistry and Photobiology. 10 (3): 153–170. doi:10.1111/j...
contain thiazoline rings, one example being Fireflyluciferin, the light-emitting molecule in fireflies. The amino acid cysteine is produced industrially...
apyrase, and with the substrates adenosine 5´ phosphosulfate (APS) and luciferin. The addition of one of the four deoxynucleotide triphosphates (dNTPs)...
cells in an organism, once they become cancerous, to create the firefly light source luciferin and luciferase to create light. The light itself would have...
derived from the three groups above differ in key ways: Firefly luciferase requires D-luciferin to be injected into the subject prior to imaging. The peak...
which contain it start to glow like the firefly when brought in contact with a luciferin-containing medium. Firefly luciferases differ slightly between taxa...
regulating the oxygen flow to the light-producing membranes that contain luciferin. This light results from a chemical reaction facilitated by the enzyme...
protein that occurs in fireflies. However, the luciferin that the enzyme acts upon is entirely different to that of fireflies and, indeed, other currently...
called luciferase, acting upon a compound called luciferin, leading to the emission of light much as fireflies do when glowing. Unlike chanterelles, jack-o'-lantern...
photocytes in fireflies. A reaction among D-luciferin, luciferase, and ATP has been implicated in the mechanism of light production in firefly photocytes...
plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus), as it is the source of luciferin for the bioluminescence seen in the fish. Goodheart, Jessica A.; Minsky...
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